The Socialist Union of Rivarun is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Szev Mintz with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.142 billion Rivarunians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cloria. The average income tax rate is 88.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Rivarunian economy, worth 260 trillion rivas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 121,506 rivas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A government program is underway to revitalize Rivarun's beaches, the term cold case has taken on a very literal meaning, explicit slash fiction is repackaged for kindergarten kids as stories about friends cuddling friends, and the question "please would you...?" is usually laden with passive aggression. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rivarun's national animal is the turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Rivarun is ranked 250,680^th in the world and 395^th in The League for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -7.35 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.